Mode of hanging carriage-bodies



A'. W. PORTER.

Garridg-Sp'ring. No. 13,797; P tented .Nov. 13, "1855.

N PETERS. FI'IOTO-LWNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. g.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTQ.

ANSEL W. PORTER, OF LITTLE FALLS, NENV YORK.

MODE OF HANGING CARRIAGE-BODIES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 13,797, dated November 13, 1855.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANsEL W. PORTER, of Little Falls, in the county ofI-Ierkirner. and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Hanging of Carriage-Bodies; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing, forming part of this specification, in which Figure lis aside elevation of a light vehicle, showing my improved mode ofhanging the body. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line x w of Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference in the several figures denote the samepart.

My invention is designed for light vehicles to render their movementeasier than obtains with other modes of hanging.

It consists in supporting the body by rollers resting upon longitudinallevers, which are connected with the rear axle and headblock byrevolving clips, and by rods or links with springs in the body of the vehicle: giving said levers rolling fulcra, which act as will be describedto insure an easy motion to the body.

The details of construction and operation are as follows. v

In the drawing A is the body, B the wheels, 0 the perch, D the frontaxle, and E the rear axle.

The body is supported by four rollers a, which rest and are movable ingrooves b in the upper edges of the levers F and G. These levers areconnected at their lower ends with the rear axle, and headblock h, byclips 0 encompassing and movable around said parts. The upper ends ofthe levers are connected by links I with springs S in the body of thevehicle: the links being attached by eyes 6 to the springs and by joints2' with the levers.

J is astrap connecting the body with the perch.

The advantageous operation of this mode of hanging, and wherein itdiffers from other analogous modes, consists in all shocks beingtransmit-ted through the supporting levers in direct-ion of theirlength, and thence to the springs through the links, the rollers onwhich the body rests moving freely in the grooves of the levers. Thisgives the body an ease of mot-ion when passing over the roughest road,which it cannot have when the levers are connected with it by fixedjoints, as is the case where springs are used in the position in which Iplace them.

I disclaim placing the springs within the seat of the carriage, andtheir connect-ion wit-h the frame by means of longitudinal levers, assuch devices constitute no part of my invention.

WVhat I claim as new and of my own invention and desire to secure byLetters Pat-- ent is The free roller connection between the carriagebody and the longitudinal levers as described, for permitting all shocksto be conveyed through the said levers to the springs, without directaction on the body as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name before twosubscribing witnesses.

A. W. PORTER.

I/Vitnesses:

JOHN S. HOLLINGSHEAD, THos. R. MARKILLIE.

